AitareyaUpanishad is home to one of the well-known Mahavakayas of the Upanishads – Prajnanam Brahma meaning Consciousness I Am. Fascinating and enrapturing, this sacred text unravels the mysteries of creation and elucidates on the Supreme Knowledge of the Self.

‘Even the Creator is not free to create a world as he likes.’ We with our actions – known and unknown, conscious and unconscious – are making the blueprint of our future. The Lord is but a contractor, who executes our plans, as we give it to Him, asserts Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda.

Can the mortal ever become immortal? Can the mind make us immortal? Can knowledge make us immortal? Does immortality mean living forever in the body, as the body? Listen to the nectarine message of the Vedas in the Amritabindu Upanishad and enjoy its immortal Truth. Partaking even a drop of it can immortalise us. This is the assurance of sages.Swami Tejomayanandaji’s depiction makes this immortal and subtle ambrosia simple to follow and a delight to swallow.

With the dust of the Guru’s Lotus feet, I first clean the mirror of my heart… so goes the Chalisa. Of the various characters in Ramayana, Shri Hanumanji has a special individuality of his own. We find him to be a repository of many virtues and an erudite scholar of the Vedas and other shastras. But the greatest of his qualities is his devotion. In the course of these sessions, Pujya Swami Swaroopananda has elaborately given out Shri Hanumanji’s quality of devotion and service to Shri Ramachandraji.

The Vedic literature is full of universal mantras or hymns seeking peace, harmony and well being of everyone in the universe. To be happy and to bring about happiness in the life of everyone is really the joy and purpose of living. Through right intake of food for body, mind and senses how to bring about this happiness in our life is elaborated by Pujya Swami Swaroopananda.

With a hundred verses divided into four sections, the Hymn to the Lord of Badri is a rare work of artistic elegance, of philosophical depths and of emotional beauty. Penned by the great sage, Swami Tapovanam, it presents a summary of the highest Truth, charting a clear path for the seeker to follow. Written during his sojourns to the pilgrim centre of Badrinath, the garland of hymns explores the entire spectrum of Vedanta, from discussing superimposition and negation to elaborating on the spiritual practices to be followed and the results we experience.

Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda has expounded on this text for the first time at Chinmaya Vibhooti in May 2018 which will help lift us out of the morass into the divine light.

Couched in the lap of Mother Ganga, nestled in the embrace of Tapovan Kutir, Uttarkashi our Parama Guru Swami Tapovan ji Maharaj resonates everywhere. Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda chose this place to usher us to the feet of Shri Swami Tapovanam by expounding on Hymn to Ganga. Hymn to Ganga is a composition of Swami Tapovanji Maharaj reveling in her religious beauty and spiritual significance. It is a fulfilling dip into the supreme knowledge and unflinching devotion for Mother Ganga. Our Param Guru prayed to Ganga Devi to purify his mind and to make it as pure as mother Ganga herself.

Do we ever stop and think about why we do what we do everyday? Pujya Gurudev’s profound quotes constantly inspire us into right thinking.

Australian psychologist turned renunciate, Swamini Supriyananda, provides insightful answers to our contemporary questions and challenges through explanation of Pujya Gurudev’s quotes. Her captivating anecdotes infused with the philosophies of the ancient Hindu teachings are guaranteed to inspire us to think about it!

The poetic diction, systematic development of thought, at once clear, concise and scientific in arrangement of highly philosophical ideas make Kaivalya Upanisad one of the most striking minor Upanisads. The great commentator Narayana calls the Kaivalya Upanisad as the Brahma Satarudriya i.e. the Satarudriya which glorifies the unconditioned Brahman as opposed to the personal God, Lord Siva of the original Satarudriya.

True to the Upanisadika style, where story form is considered as the most apt devise to make the subject easily intelligible to the readers, in this Upanisad Asvalayana, the great teacher of Rig Veda is a disciple and Lord Brahma, the Creator himself is the teacher, which makes this as the most valuable amongst the ‘minor’ Upanisads.

The son fulfils his name ‘Putra’ when he gives joy and saves his parents from hell. In Kapila Geeta, the Lord as Kapila Muni, through self-knowledge, transports his mother turned disciple, Devahuti, beyond joy and sorrow & heaven and hell, into a state of pure Bliss. Swami Tejomayananda further clarifies and beautifies this subtle teaching to make it our passport to Bliss.

Kathopanishad is a unique Upanishad which starts with a Katha of a young boy who is ready to face the Lord of Death in his quest for Truth to know what lies beyond death.He asks the very pertinent and philosophical question is there or is there not, and if it is what is it?

In short this teaching is an extravaganza of spiritual knowledge and meditation that guides a student step by step to the glorious state of immortality, peace and bliss.

The Mandukya Upanishad is the shortest among the principle Upanishads having just twelve mantras. However, it presents the quintessence of our entire teaching of Upanishads. It analyses the entire range of human consciousness in the three states of waking (jagrata), dream (svapna), and dreamless sleep (sushupti), which are common to all human beings. It asserts unequivocally that the Absolute Reality is non-dual (advaita) and attributeless (nirguna). It provides a unique sadhana through the use of the symbol AUM to reach Oneself.

How to be peaceful? How to be happy? What is Love? Do we gain peace after meditating or can we meditate only when our mind has some peace? Is it all a wonder? To know what is the biggest wonder, go through the mystery series talks by Swami Swaroopananda and understand what we are seeking in everything.